Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, March 28-April 1

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Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, March 28-April 1

POSTED: Monday, April 4, 2011, 10:44 AM

Filed Under: Meal Ticket | Ticket Stubs

Monday, March 28

Meritage chef Anne Coll has brought back her popular Korean fried chicken.

Monday means brunch for industry folk at Jet Wine Bar.

Indian Restaurant has opened up shop on South Street West.

Strange Brew will bring Counter Culture coffeee to the Pennsport neighborhood.

Say you were designing the itinerary for a chicken tender crawl. Where would you go?

In Notes from the Weekend: 6-month-old puppies (!), oyster-shuckin' extravaganzas, Vietnamese candy aisles, pad thai ... did we mention PUPPIES?!

Tuesday, March 29

Chef Moon Krapugthong is closing MangoMoon — but she's opening a new Japanese restaurant just down the street.

1518 Bar & Grill is now open on Sansom.

The Roots' ?uestlove has a bunch of contestants for an impromptu Twitter-organized cook-off, and a bunch are locals.

Gunners Run is a brand-new bar/resto operation in The Piazza at Schmidts.

Wednesday, March 30

Paradiso is building a garden on its East Passyunk Avenue rooftop.

Victory is bringing back its popular seasonal Summer Love Ale, with new branding and everything.

Philly's got its share of anonymous restaurant-industry tweeters — here are a few.

Philadelphia Distilling will officially release its XXX Shine corn whiskey in April, but it'll be a little bit before it hits shelves in our city.

Thursday, March 31

Stephen Starr has opened his Franklin Square shack SquareBurger for the season.

Legendary chef Jonathan Waxman will cook a charity-benefit tasting at Osteria in late April.

Friday, April 1

Jim and Kristina Burke's James will soon call it quits in its current Italian Market space.

Philly's hilarious dating blog Shmitten Kitten now has a signature beer, thanks to Sly Fox.

Did we get you with our April Fool's post on SPTR chef Scott Schroder, yes or no?

West Philly café Unitea has shut its doors.

Primo coffee roasters La Colombe will exhibit at Art in the Age throughout the month of April.

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